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Cabinet approves R7bn extra for NSFAS amid heightened student protests Government will spend R42.1bn on the scheme this year - up from the budget of nearly R35bn in 2020, which was already more than the R32bn the year before 11 March 2021 - 14:53 On Thursday, acting minister in the presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni announced that the government had decided to allocate additional funding to NSFAS. File photo Image: Freddy Mavunda The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) has been given the urgent go-ahead to release funds to first-time qualifying students so ...

Updated Mar 11, 2021 | 19:07 IST UNHCR representatives visited Jammu days after Jammu and Kashmir government detained 175 Rohingyas in Hira Nagar jail that has been designated as a holding centre. Representational Image  |  Photo Credit: IANS Jammu: Concerned over brewing Rohingya refugee crisis, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) representatives, today came down rushing to Jammu, to meet RohangiyaMuslims to have an assessment of the situation on the ground. Four member team of UNHCR representatives led by one Kiri Attri External Rela...

Protests boil over as hundreds of people descend on capital’s historic centre to demand president’s resignation

Police on alert in Hillbrow after 'fake claims' online about violent clashes 25 February 2021 - 15:37 The empty streets of Hillbrow in Johannesburg at the beginning of the nationwide lockdown. Six people were arrested after the latest gathering for contravening lockdown regulations. File photo. Image: Alaister Russell / Sunday Times Gauteng police are on high alert to prevent incidents of violence stemming from “fake and malicious” claims about clashes between people of different nationalities in Hillbrow. Videos have been circulating on social media claiming ther...

The Atlantic Democracy is under attack, and we need to protect it. January 21, 2021 Getty / The Atlantic As I sat in my Capitol Hill office two weeks ago, watching a violent mob storm the symbol and seat of our democracy, I was reminded of my distant past. As a child, I saw my birth country of Somalia descend from relative stability into civil war, overnight. The spaces where people felt most secure—their homes and workplaces—suddenly became battlegrounds, torn by gunfights and bombings. Violent targeting of political leaders—once unheard-of—became commonplace. I never expected to exp...